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Thursday, January 28, 2016

“Success is nothing more than a few simple
disciplines, practiced every day.”

–Jim Rohn

Since
writing my last post, I’ve taken a few disciplined steps every day. These steps have not been taken by random luck
or chance. They have required a deliberate
effort on my part.

Sunday night before
going to sleep I told myself that in the coming week I would be more intentional
with my daily activities and with taking steps toward my desired goals. I had had enough of letting the hours in my days
slip through my fingers like sand, going to bed saying to myself: “I know I was really “busy” today doing
stuff. But, what steps did I take toward
reaching my current life goals and dreams?”

I
woke up Monday morning, sleepily sat up in my bed, and then flopped myself back
down on the pillow feeling the all too familiar surges of doubt, fear, and
hesitancy. The same, old self-sabotaging questions
and thoughts swirled through my head:

Friday, January 22, 2016

It’s
true that I often tell people my children have taught me a great deal. As their mom, I nurtured and taught them as
they grew from babies to young adults. As
we have experienced life together over the years, they have also taught me. Though
all three of them are now adults and living on their own, they are still
teaching me. On any given day, as I
offer wisdom and encouragement to my children in whatever joy or sorrow they
face, I also share the same wisdom and encouragement with myself. Usually, I end up telling myself, “Yea MaryAnn, live by what you are saying to
them!”

Monday, January 11, 2016

Along
life’s journey, every single experience we have has an effect on who we are today
and who we become tomorrow. Whether it’s
an experience or encounter that we consider insignificant or one that feels
earth shattering, each one is a part of our continual growth and development. Over the past two years, strong winds have
created ripples that have led me away from religion and religious
doctrine. This new year brings me to
making a number of changes to this blog and to what I write about and share
from my heart.

One
of my favorite quotes was spoken by Corrie Ten Boom, a woman who survived one
of Hitler’s concentration camps.

I
agree with Corrie that every single thing
we experience and every person that
touches our life creates a ripple effect and leads us into our future. Sometimes the ripples are soft and gentle as
if a breeze were slightly blowing the surface of water. At other times, the ripples turn into huge,
frothy waves as if hurricane winds were wildly tossing the water to and fro.

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I've changed my domain name to coincide with my updated blog title. If you come across a broken link to one of my older blog posts, simply change the discoveringgodtoday.com section of the link to alonglifesjourney.com and you will be redirected to the link.

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I am a passionate and sensitive woman traveling life's journey. My current mission is wholeheartedly and passionately embracing this human experience called Life and savoring every moment, while also supporting and guiding individuals throughout their personal journeys of self-discovery and wholistic well-being.
My passions in life are cultivating healthy and honest relationships and pursuing radiant well-being, love, grace, and peace with myself and others.
I am an avid student, practitioner, and caring teacher on the topics of yoga and natural and wholistic methods of living, eating, health, and healing.
I write and educate others about the inspiring and helpful things I've discovered along my life journey in hopes that they may be a help and encouragement in the life of others.